<yearLong> (Date Block - Long Year Format)

This element specifies the presence of a date block at the current location in the run content. A date block is a non-editable region of text which shall display the current date filtered through the specified date picture (see following paragraphs).
Note: : The date block is a legacy construct used for compatibility with older word processors, and should not be produced unless it was consumed while reading a document – it is recommended that the DATE field is used in its place.

A date block shall be displayed using the primary editing language of the host application, regardless of the languages specified in the parent run’s <lang> property (§2.3.2.18).

The long year format date block shall use a date picture of YYYY, retrieving the long year format for the primary editing language.

example: 
<w:r>
  <w:t xml:space="preserve">This is a long date: </w:t>
  <w:yearLong />
</w:r>

This run specifies that a long year format date block shall be placed after the text string literal This is a long date: in the document. Assuming that the host application’s primary editing language is English (Canada) and today’s date is 04/12/2006 (a Wednesday), this run would be displayed as follows:

This is a long date: 2006

Parent Elements

<r> (§7.1.2.87); <r> (§2.3.2.23)

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:

<complexType name="CT_Empty"/>